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Article 718 bis of the French General Tax Code

When effected by deed executed abroad, transfers of holdings in legal entities with a preponderance of real estate assets as defined in 2° of I of Article 726 are subject to registration duty under the conditions set out in this article, unless a tax credit equal to the amount of registration duty actually paid in the State of registration of each of the legal entities concerned is deducted, in accordance with the legislation of that State and in the context of a compulsory registration formality for each of these transfers. This tax credit can be offset against the French tax relating to each of these transfers, up to the limit of that tax.

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Article 718 bis
Lorsqu’elles s’opèrent par acte passé à l’étranger, les cessions de participations dans des personnes morales à prépondérance immobilière définies au 2° du I de l’article 726 sont soumises au droit d’enregistrement dans les conditions prévues à cet article, sauf imputation, le cas échéant, d’un crédit d’impôt égal au montant des droits d’enregistrement effectivement acquittés dans l’Etat d’immatriculation de chacune des personnes morales concernées, conformément à la législation de cet Etat et dans le cadre d’une formalité obligatoire d’enregistrement de chacune de ces cessions. Ce crédit d’impôt est imputable sur l’impôt français afférent à chacune de ces cessions, dans la limite de cet impôt.

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